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The eagerly anticipated new book from the author of the bestselling The 48 Laws of Power
What did Charles Darwin, middling schoolboy and underachieving second son, do to
become one of the earliest and greatest naturalists the world has known? What were the
similar choices made by Mozart and by Caesar Rodriguez, the U.S. Air Force?s last ace fighter
pilot? In Mastery, Robert Greene?s fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical
figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where
The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend
historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the
world?s masters.Temple Grandin, Martha Graham, Henry Ford, Buckminster Fuller?all have
lessons to offer about how the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to
mastery. Yet the secret, Greene maintains, is already in our heads. Debunking long-held
cultural